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RECONNECT FAMILIES US BORDER REFUGEE PROJECT

A comprehensive plan to reunite families affected by the US border separation crisis, providing support, resources, and communication channels. Our goal is to establish assistance centers, mobilize charities, and connect families through local offices and phone banks.

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RECONNECT FAMILIES US BORDER REFUGEE PROJECT

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  1. RECONNECT FAMILIESUS BORDERREFUGEE PROJECT David Lincoln June 2018

  2. CNN THE US GOVERNMENT HAS A FAMILY SEPARATION PROBLEM: They can’t solve it but, WE CAN! With your help and support !

  3. OUR GOALs Reconnect Families with Their Children Wherever They Are Located Become a Magnet For All PUBLIC Information About US Border Refugees Regardless of Source Become A Megaphone And TV Channel For Refugees And Their Relatives for Communication with Their Families Anywhere Offer A Safe And Secure Place For All Those Involved In The Refugee Crisis Provide Information About Counseling And Available Housing In The Local Areas

  4. OUR PLAN Tornillo Tent city map location NEAR EL PASO SET UP Bases of Operations in EL PASO & McAllen Tx Establish Local, Multilingual, Phone Banks At Operations HQ Route All Communications Through A Single Global Number Distribute Donated Smartphones To Each Ice Detention Center Deploy A CROWDMAP Platform Capture, Display And Analyze All Communications And Plot Their Geolocated Origins And Timestamps Create Reports And Distribute Leads As Names Are Matched Mobilize Charities To Make Contact In Detention Centers Or Towns

  5. FOCUS Open 2 Field Offices REFUGEE ASSISTANCE CENTERS in MCALLEN & EL PASO TX. Staffed by EXPERIENCED LOCAL PEOPLE

  6. PERSONNEL – 2 OFFICES COMBINED ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT1 Accountant1 Lawyer 1 PR Publicist1 Cameraman1 Employee Relations1 Govt - Agency Liaison 2 office managers 2 IT TECHS2 data managers2 data entry techs2 office interns2 paralegals10 volunteers for phone banks

  7. OUR COMMITMENT We WILL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL WITHIN ONE MONTH AFTER OUR FUNDING GOALS ($300,000) ARE MET We Will Begin Connecting Parents With Their Children On The First Day We Have An Electronic Match ON OUR SHORT MESSAGE Connections.

  8. Associate Centers with Established Charities Social Disaster US Relief Stations; Lost and found for people A listening post and counseling center for people in distress –

  9. PHONE BANKS One GLOBAL Phone Number-One Text Message Service– 5 Digits Multi-lingual Put the Number On T-shirts, Mugs, Pencils Etc.

  10. LOCAL OPERATORS Phone Bank Hotline Staffed by local translators and bilingual interpreters Two (on the ground) LOCAL (s. Texas) phone BANKS

  11. Volunteer Headquarters Primary Point Of Contact For Relatives, Social Workers, Media, Lawyers Etc. Gathering Places For Those In Need Of Assistance Caught Up In The Immigration Crisis Advice On The Kinds Of Temporary, Affordable Housing Available

  12. CONNECTIONS 5. Facebook pages for victims friends, family and supportERS 6. Video diaries and case studies 7. Family mailbox or Dropbox for each REFUGEE family 8 Secure communications encrypted with cyber defenses and IT. DIGITAL BULLETIN BOARDsFor Leaving And Receiving Messages And Pictures. TABLETS For Public Use And DONATED CELL PHONES For Personal Use Private And CONFIDENTIAL DISCUSSION ROOMS On Line CHAT ROOMS AND DISCUSSION GROUPS

  13. INTERACTIVE LIVE WEB TV CHANNELS Freedom Interactive TV Is The Long-needed Tool For Justice, Prosperity, A Renewed Earth & To Bring All People Together By Letting All People Speak Scrolling names & contact numbers Just Like Live Sports & Updated Weather Advisories & Alerts!

  14. REFUGEE POPULATION study Carolina Population Center is a community of outstanding scholars and professionals associated to create new knowledge about population size, structure, and processes of change develop new sources of data to support population research evaluate health information systems and explore ways to improve them for better health outcomes promote the development and use of innovative methodologies

  15. Demographics & Health University of North Carolina Build Skills And Capacity And Train The Next Generation Of Scholars Disseminate Data And Findings To Population And Health Information System Professionals, Policy-makers, And The Public        Carolina Population Center Study .  http://www.cpc.unc.edu/aboutcpc

  16. MULTI-MEDIADOCUMENTARY Create a Video Record of Our Ushahidi Deployment & How It Enhances Communication & Mutual Understanding Even in the Midst of Controversy When the Immigration Battle Lines Are Far From Clear. We hope to Partner with Pennstate Media Who Pioneered the Geospatial Revolution Project. Their Mission is to Expand Public Knowledge About the History, Applications, Related Privacy & Legal Issues & the Potential Future of Location-based Technologies. Contact Project Information: Elaine Brzycki, ejb23@psu.edu News Media: Lisa Warren, 814-863-9912, luw15@psu.edu DVD Sales: Penn State Media Sales, 800-770-2111, mediasales@outreach.psu.edu

  17. CAPACITY TARGETS ABLE TO SERVE OVER 10,000 REFUGEES IN 2018 ULTIMATELY SERVING MORE THAN 50,000 REFUGEES PER YEAR FROM 200 ICE DETENTION CENTERS

  18. COOPERATION & COORDINATION We Want To Be A Primary Information Resource A Hub For Local Social Service Agencies And Charities. A Focal Point For Information Exchange And Planning

  19. WE Believe TORNILLO Tent CityAerial View Separating Children From Their Parents Is Inhumane And Unnecessary Knowing Where Each Of The Children And Parents Are Will Help Ease The Burden For Everyone Being Able To Communicate, Exchange Info And Pictures Will Facilitate The Reuniting Of These Families REFUGEES And Their Relatives Are Already In Touch With Someone WHAT WE Have To DO IS Voluntarily Capture, ENHANCE And Organize Those Connections.

  20. OUR CONCERNS – WE CARE About the Families Safety and Health! TornilloSatellite View PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING – Do They Have Enough Trained And Vetted Psychiatrists At These Centers? PHYSICAL well-being – How Many Screened Pediatricians Are Available? Are The Military Facilities Contaminated By Chemicals Or Radiation? ARE Pesticides Being Sprayed? SPIRITUAl well-being – Do They Have Access To Spiritual Leaders Who Can Minister To Them In Their Own Languages

  21. IS IT SAFE?El Paso & Fort Bliss Border Area EMISSIONSToxic Releases- Worst 2 Sites Hydrogen fluoride HF > 4 mill. Pounds (all yrs.) Hydrochloric acid HCl >4 mill pounds (all yrs.) all from DAL-Tile Lead > 5 mill pounds (all yrs.) - All from the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center at Fort Bliss • Toxmap TRI Sites

  22. Reuters: Study Flags El Paso For High Levels Of Lead Levels In ChildrenApril 2017 EL PASO, Texas - A national study released by Reuters shows an alarming number of children in El Paso with high levels of lead in their blood. An interactive map on an article published by Reuters reveals alarming numbers for the city of El Paso and surrounding areas.

  23. El Paso And Las Cruces Ranks For Worst Air In The Nation • El Paso Among Worst Pollution Levels In State, TXDOT Says by Simon Williams  Friday, April 20th 2018 EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — TxDOT says El Paso is not meeting federal air quality standards because pollutant levels in the air are too high… On their website, they show El Paso as the only Texas city marked as maintenance for PM10,

  24. SAFE PLACE Prospective Rental Property Typical Available Rental Property In El Paso, Texas

  25. SAFE PLACE Prospective Rental Property Typical Available Rental Property In McAllen, Texas

  26. Potential Church Partners United Methodists - [600 Ministers Called For AG Sessions To Be Ex. Communicated] Southern Baptists - Convention Just Ended With New President & New Mission Of Social Activism With Support of ME/TOO Movement The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints(LDS Church) Catholic Charities - www.Catholiccharitiesusa .OrgPope Condemns Family Separation Policy

  27. LEGAL HELP Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) https://www.raicestexas.org/ American Civil Liberties Union ACLU https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights International Rescue Committee (IRC) https://www.rescue.org Legal Match http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/political-asylum-and-refugees.html

  28. Face-to-face contact Human Rights and Constitutional Law Foundation (CHRCL) - Peter Schey- This Lawyer Has 100 Volunteer Lawyers Entering Immigrant Detention Facilities Across the US Under Supreme Court FLORES Settlement Decree https://www.centerforhumanrights.org/ San Antonio Interfaith Welcome Coalition - Sister Sharon Altendorf Catholic Charities ot the Rio Grande Valley – Humanitarian Respite Center Sacred Heart Refuge – Sister Norma Pimentel Exec Dir

  29. NGOS MOST INVOLVED Kids In Need Of Defense (KIND) – Megan McKenna Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) –Zenen Jaimes Perez, Communications Director Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) Michelle Garza, Assoc Exec Dir Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) 1-800 number Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP) https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/435mqd/how-charities-are-trying-to-reunite-separated-immigrant-families

  30. United Nations Potential Partners UNHCR- United Nations High Commission On Refugees Relief AgencyUNHCR Urges Family Unity At Southern US Borderhttp://www.unhcr.org/en-us/news/press/2018/6/5b27fea84/unhcr-urges-family-unity-southern-border.html.     June 19th 2018 UNICEF-UNITED NATIONS Intl CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND U.S. Fund for UNICEF - Official Site https://www.unicefusa.org

  31. Priyanka Chopra Appointed UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Stellar Work in Child RightsDecember 2016 Actress Priyanka Chopra, An Indian Star With A Global Fan Following, Was Named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador At A Ceremony In New York Yesterday. .. The 34-year-old, Who Has Been Donating A Tenth Of Her Salary To The Cause Of Women’s Education, Safety And Empowerment Through Her Ngo, The Priyanka Chopra Foundation For Health And Education,

  32. Ben Stiller Named UN Goodwill AmbassadorPOSTED 8:58 AM, JULY 2, 2018, BY CNN WIRE Ben Stiller’s Latest Role Will Have the Actor Advocating on Behalf of Refugees. Stiller Has Been Named a Goodwill Ambassador by UNHCR, - UN Refugee Agency Stiller’s Appointment Comes on the Heels of a Trip He Took to Guatemala Where He Met with People Who Have Been Forced to Flee Their Homes Due to Violence, the Agency Said.

  33. Software platform –Ushahidi DEPLOYED OVER 125,000 TIMES IN 160 COUNTRIES USHAHIDI, INC IS A NON-PROFIT TECHNOLOGY COMPANY STAFF IN NINE COUNTRIES free, OPEN SOURCED – SECURE PLATFORM Mission – help marginalized people raise their voice Help Those who serve them to listen and respond better https://www.ushahidi.com.                          see YouTube videos or https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushahidi

  34. USHAHIDI FEATURES

  35. RECONNECT FAMILIES- SOFTWARE TRIAL SUCCESS Integrates Reports & Geography Geolocates All SMS, Tweets, Emails, Calls, Text Messages. Records And Timestamps All Communications

  36. Easy Archiving, Editing & Retrieval

  37. Works On Most Computers or Smartphones Cloud-based;No Downloads Required Hands-on Custom Categorization & Key Words Built In -Search & Analysis Verification Function Displays & Edits on Phones

  38. Directions? Tornillo Border Control The CROWDMAP Platform links directly to Google Maps, Google Earth and Google Street View among others. You can locate any center and we can provide directions to that location from our website to your smartphone. Google Street View

  39. Est. Gov. Costs Per Child $775 per child/ per day $5425 per child/ per week $1.5 mill per 2000 children/ per day $10 mill per 2000 children/ per week

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